Recap of the Joint IBPSA-ASC-NUS (DBE) Seminar: “Building Energy Performance – Trend and Challenge”

We are delighted to share that on October 16, 2024, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, IBPSA Singapore, in collaboration with ASC and NUS, hosted an insightful seminar titled “Building Energy Performance – Trend and Challenge” at SDE4-05-07.

The event featured two distinguished speakers:

  • Dr. Jason Zhang, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, who brought academic insights into the evolving trends in building energy performance.
  • Mr. Praveen Hassan Chandrashekar, Director of the Sustainability & Resilience Office at Surbana Jurong, who shared practical perspectives on current challenges and sustainable solutions in the industry.

The seminar sparked engaging discussions among participants, fostering connections and the exchange of ideas aimed at improving building energy efficiency. We look forward to more collaborative events that continue to enrich our vibrant community of professionals and researchers.

Stay connected with IBPSA Singapore for updates on future seminars and activities!

Announcing the First Technical Committee Meeting of IBPSA Singapore!

We are excited to announce that IBPSA Singapore recently held its first Technical Committee meeting on October 9, 2024. This get-together marked the beginning of a new initiative to bring together professionals, researchers, and government agencies in the building performance simulation community in Singapore.

As part of the IBPSA Singapore Chapter, the Technical Committee aims to foster a vibrant exchange of ideas and innovations in building simulation. Recognizing the expertise and strong networks of our committee members, the meeting set the stage for future collaboration, with members supporting one another to organize seminars and webinars that will benefit the IBPSA community.

The committee also invited IBPSA Fellow, Prof. Lam Khee Poh to share IBPSA World background and formation. He was recently invited to Building Simulation 2023 Conference as keynote speaker. Through his sharing, we came to know that IBPSA World was formed at about the same time of Total Building Performance & Diagnostic (TBPD) concept was conceived in 1986. See Figure Below.

To all our members and the wider community, stay tuned for updates on upcoming seminars and events led by our newly formed Technical Committee. These initiatives are part of IBPSA Singapore’s ongoing commitment to advancing the field of building performance simulation and fostering professional growth and collaboration across the industry.

Thank you to our Professional Committee members for their dedication and expertise. We look forward to many productive sessions ahead!

Upcoming Webinar: Driving High Performance Building Design with the Application of CFD and Digitalisation – 25 March 2022

Event Time: 25th March 2022, 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Venue: Webinar (Zoom link to be sent few days before the event date)

PEB – PDU Points: 2 points

SGBC-GMAP CPD Points: 2 points

Registration: To attend, please register at this link https://forms.office.com/r/h44pNpWTi7

Brief Info:

Digitalization is a major force propelling today’s world forward. Modeling and digital services are enabling and transforming buildings into smart, efficient, sustainable, safe, and comfortable environments. In this webinar, two local experts have been invited to share their leading efforts and viewpoints about the application of CFD simulations and digitalization service towards high performance building design. Mr. Ken PO, Head for CFD team from Building System and Diagnostics Pte Ltd, will demonstrate how CFD is effectively used as “value-add” engineering tool to improve the design of complex mechanical ventilation system. Mr. DongKyun KIM, Technical Director of DLABs Pte Ltd, will then present and share their “AI-assistant Platform” for supporting automatic design interactive processes to meet various design requirement during the concept/ schematic design stage. 

For enquires on program and registration matters, please feel free to contact Dr. Adrian Chong by email.

Seminar Agenda:

1:50pmRegistration
2:00pmWelcome remarks by Dr. Adrian CHONG, President of IBPSA-Singapore
2:10pm“Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation as engineering tool to solve complex mechanical ventilation design problem”, 
Mr. Ken PO, Head (CFD), Building System and Diagnostics Pte Ltd, Singapore.
2:40pm“Riding on digitalisation to drive high performance building design”, 
Mr. Dongkyun KIM, Technical Director, DLABs Pte Ltd, Singapore
3:10pmQ&A
3:30pmClosing Remarks

To join as member of IBPSA-Singapore: CLICK HERE. IT’S FREE!

IBPSA-Singapore and ASHRAE-Singapore Sign MOU

IBPSA Singapore and ASHRAE Singapore Chapter signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 16 Dec to facilitate cooperation and promote collaborations in areas of mutual interest. This includes holding joint building simulation and building engineering related activities such as conferences, symposia, seminars, technical talks, courses, networking sessions and site visits.

The MOU was signed by IBPSA Singapore President Dr. Adrian Chong and ASHRAE Singapore Chapter President Dr. Yuichi Takemasa. This collaboration will tap on the complementary strengths of IBPSA-Singapore and ASHRAE Singapore Chapter to assist in advancing the quality of engineering practice and building simulation.

Upcoming Webinar: Viral Transmission, Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality during a Pandemic – 3 September 2021

Event Time: 3rd September 2021, 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Venue: Webinar (Zoom link to be sent few days before the event date)

PEB – PDU Points: 1 point

SGBC-GMAP CPD Points: 2 points

Registration: To attend, please register at this link https://forms.office.com/r/h44pNpWTi7 by 26 August 2021

Brief Info:

Since the beginning of 2020, our daily life has been severely affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. With evidence suggesting that airborne transmission may play a larger role in the spread of COVID-19 and increasing number of publications pointing to its impacts on building energy efficiencies, a webinar on the topic might be timely. 

In this seminar, Dr. KANG Chang Wei from IHPC, A*STAR and Dr. Zuraimi SULTAN from BEARS are cordially invited by IBPSA Singapore to share their recent research activities related to the pandemic. Dr. KANG will first present their R&D efforts in Assessment of Environment Transmission Risk and Future Resilience. After that, Dr. Zuraimi will elucidate Energy impact of building recommendations to reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission in Singapore. Building practitioners, policy makers, ESD consultants, architects and planners, as well as researchers and students who are interested in relevant topics, are all welcomed to participate in this seminar. 

For enquires on program and registration matters, please feel free to contact Dr. POH Hee Joo by email: pohhj@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg.

Seminar Agenda:

1:50pmRegistration
2:00pmWelcome remarks by Dr. Adrian CHONG, President of IBPSA-Singapore
2:10pm“Assessment of Environment Transmission Risk and Future Resilience”, 
Dr. KANG Chang Wei, Deputy Director of Fluid Dynamics Department, Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), A*STAR
2:40pm“Energy impact of building recommendations to reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission in Singapore”, 
Dr. Zuraimi SULTAN, Program Director, Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore (BEARS)
3:10pmQ&A, to be moderated by Dr. POH Hee Joo, Senior Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), A*STAR
3:30pmClosing Remarks

To join as member of IBPSA-Singapore: CLICK HERE. IT’S FREE!

Event: 4th ICEED 2020 Free Webinar, on 10 Nov 2020

IBPSA-Singapore is the Co-Host of the 4th International Conference on Eco Engineering Development (ICEED) 2020, on 10-11 November 2020, organised by Binus University, Jakarta.  

As IBPSA-Singapore members, you are entitled to attend the one day webinar (FREE), with details as follows:

Event Time:                             Tuesday, 10 November 2020 / 9am – 5pm (SG Time) or 8am – 4pm (Jakarta Time)

Venue:                                    Online Seminar (to be sent few days before the event date)

Registration: https://bit.ly/ICEED2020

Conference Website: https://engineering.binus.ac.id/iceed/

In this conference, Dr Kang Chang Wei, Deputy Director of Fluid Dynamics department of IHPC, A*Star will be one of the keynote speakers, with the abstract of his talk is shown below:

Title: Dispersion of Evaporating Cough Droplets in Tropical Environment

Abstract:

During a respiratory event, in this case, a cough, virus laden droplets and aerosols are expelled from an infected person’s mouth. Respiratory droplets/aerosols’ dynamical behaviour shows the competing effects between drag, inertia, gravity and evaporation. The droplet in-flight characteristics and final destination are affected by a range of factors and interdependent interaction between them. It includes complex flow phenomena, from turbulent jets, flow-induced droplets/aerosols dispersion and sedimentation, to droplet evaporation and deposition. Modelling and simulation-based fundamental thermo-fluid physics could provide accurate insight and visualise the droplets/aerosols dynamics and spread process. A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC)’s Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) framework includes but not limited to expulsion force of fluid volume, droplet/aerosol size distribution, evaporation of water from the droplet (temperature and humidity dependent), and viral load in the droplet. Utilising this computational framework, quantifying droplets falling on human subjects will be assessed. It allows risk-based analysis across different configurations and scenarios. The fundamental knowledge of the underlying physics, together with use cases will be shared in this talk.

For enquires on program and registration matters,  please feel free to contact Dr. George XU by email: xuxg@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg.

To join as member of IBPSA-Singapore: CLICK HERE. IT’S FREE!